I'd like to leave this world like I came into it: Screaming, naked & covered in someone else's blood

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Posted On:8/26/2008 5:19am

Style: Muay Thai (BJJ hiatus)

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Deadlifts

So I was in the gym last night and did my Deadlifts as usual but didn't have a mirror at the side of me like I normally do to check that my back is straight. I woke up this morning with back ache in my lower back, telling me that I did something wrong.

I hadn't before I started the stronglifts programme, and I started at 40kg and added 5kg a time. All I try to d do is keep my shoulders back, head up and bar as close to the legs as I can, and I don't seem to be getting any problems with my back.

Yeh I was doing that to start with as well, then saw the video above and stopped going past parallel and it did seem to help a great amount. Recently though I havent been bending the enough which just makes it harder to pick the damn weight up!

unless you're doing straight-leg dead lifts, your form should be a lot like your squat form, albeit probably not nearly as low

hex/square bars are the **** for dead lifts but most gyms don't usually have them, in that case I use the smoothest bar I can find so I don't scrape the **** out of my shins. the closer you keep the bar to your shins, the straighter your back usually is

In summation your argument denotes a lack of intellectual honesty on your part. It is my contention that this matter would best be solved with fisticuffs. I believe I will be victorious in this regard.

I can relate to an extent, but if your grip's preventing you from adequately working your posterior chain, you should at least consider doing supplemental work for grip (farmer's walk, timed holds, gripper crushes... there are a whole bunch of things) and putting up with straps during deadlifts so you get the most out of them.